Clothes-pin.



S. LLOYD. CLOTHES PIN. APPLICATION FILED 00126, 19.12.

Patented July 22, 1913.

' lifting the clamp from the line.

SAMUEL LLOYD, OF ARRINGTON, VIRGINIA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed 0ctober'26, 1912. Serial No 727,873.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, SAMUEL LmYD, a citi' zen of the United States, residing at Arrington, in the county of Nelson and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to. an improvement in clothespins, and the object is to provide a device which can be applied directly to the clothes line and which is capable of a sliding or rotary movement upon the clothes .ne.

This invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the invention as applied to-the line; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view. Fig. 3 a top plan view of the wire portion of the clothes pin.

A represents the clothes line.

B is a sheet metal clamp folded into U shape in cross section and adapted to rest astride the clothes line, upon which it is held by a thumb bolt '32 passing through holes in the clamp, and on the threaded end of which. a nut 3 is'screwed. It is thus possible to place the clamp upon the clothes line at any point by simply removing the thumb bolt or before same is inserted, after which itis screwed into the nutloosely if it is desirable to slide the clamp or tightly if the clamp is tobe fixed at a given point on the line. Thus the clamp may be held in place permanently, to all intents and pur poses, or slidably, it being retained upon the line so long as the thumb bolt and nut are screwed together, although of course it might be removed at. any time if desired by removing the thumb bolt and screw and Two spring arms 7-7 are rigidly held by the clamp.

These spring arms are preferably made of a single wire, which are bent approximately as illustrated, extending upwardly in 0pposite directions from the center, where they are securely held by thecrimps 4% in the edges of the clamp. The extreme outer ends of the wire forming the arms are twisted together and adapted to be held astride the clothes line with a downward pressure against the clothes, due to the action of the four coiled springs 66 formed along the wire at the outer ends of the clamp. To facilitate raising the arms, the eyelets 5-5 are formed at the free outer ends of the arms.

By means of the foregoing construction, a simple device is afforded for fastening the clothes upon a line without injuring the clothes or without any danger of the fastening means becoming accidentally displaced, they being, to all intents and purposes, permanently, though slidahly, mounted upon the line.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is- As an article of manufacture, a clothes pin comprising an approximately U-shaped clamp adapted to receive the clothes line through the open side thereof, removablemeansextending transversely through the clamp adapted to close the open side of the latter and fasten the clothes pin upon the line against accidental displacement, and spring arms rigidly secured to the edges of the clamp and resting astride the line with a spring pressure upon the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. in the presence of two WItI18SS6S.

SAMUEL LLOYD.

Witnesses I Bnssin AnniNo'roN,

MARY VADEN.

Patented July 22, 1913. 

